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Meppayyur population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Kerala, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 13,922 people
Households 3,265 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.08% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 30.34% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 13,922 6,491 7,431 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,480 749 731 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,705 5,606 6,099 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.08% 97.63% 91.03% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 846 414 432 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 22 11 11 Total workersCensus workers 4,224 3,304 920 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 30.34% 50.9% 12.38% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,889 2,466 423 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,335 838 497 Non-workerspeople 9,698 3,187 6,511
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 3,265 households and 13,922 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.63% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.63% for males and 91.03% for females. Of 4,224 workers, 68.39% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 67 43 Agricultural labourers 171 146 Household industry workers 40 85 Other workers 2,611 1,061
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Meppayyur (CT) 591 05639 13,922
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.